Jörg Colberg wrote an excellent piece on fine art photographers’ artist statements that I couldn’t possibly agree more with. It begins:
"It’s interesting (and a bit sad) that when you look at what is commonly called fine-art photography it always comes with a statement, which typically contains some sort of explanation or motivation for the photography. You never get to see something like ‘I just wanted to take some beautiful photos’…"
Continue reading, then read the follow-up.
Just going through his site, check out the rest of his blog, Conscientious, it’s quite good.
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